The service of the poor; an inquiry into the reasons for and against the establishment of religious sisterhoods for charitable purposes |
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... visited it in October 1868 , that the institution was threatened by innovations which she feared would end in its suppression . It seems that in 1793 the property of the Béguinages passed into the hands of the " Administration des ...
... visited it in October 1868 , that the institution was threatened by innovations which she feared would end in its suppression . It seems that in 1793 the property of the Béguinages passed into the hands of the " Administration des ...
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... visited assured me that this plan was quite as cheap as a common table . The only common fund is that appropriated to the infirmary , and for the relief of the sisters in any temporary emergency : this fund is privately administered by ...
... visited assured me that this plan was quite as cheap as a common table . The only common fund is that appropriated to the infirmary , and for the relief of the sisters in any temporary emergency : this fund is privately administered by ...
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... Visiting Society , for which , after three 1 The Rule , which appears to have been published for the first time by M. de Pistoye , and a report of the Conferences , are preserved in the Bibliothèque Impériale , among the " documents ...
... Visiting Society , for which , after three 1 The Rule , which appears to have been published for the first time by M. de Pistoye , and a report of the Conferences , are preserved in the Bibliothèque Impériale , among the " documents ...
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... visiting the sick to administer spiritual teaching and consolation . After a time , M. de Paule found it well to ... visited the hospital by turns , two together on each day of the week . Madame le Gras , besides taking part in this work ...
... visiting the sick to administer spiritual teaching and consolation . After a time , M. de Paule found it well to ... visited the hospital by turns , two together on each day of the week . Madame le Gras , besides taking part in this work ...
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... 1866 are not yet published . 2 This term applies to the sisters engaged in visiting the poor , as well as to those employed in hospital work . It is the boast of the present community to have 58 [ CHAP . THE SERVICE OF THE POOR .
... 1866 are not yet published . 2 This term applies to the sisters engaged in visiting the poor , as well as to those employed in hospital work . It is the boast of the present community to have 58 [ CHAP . THE SERVICE OF THE POOR .
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administration arrondissement assistance asylum autres avoir Beguinæ Béguinage Béguines believe besoin bien Bienfaisance c'est character charitable cholera choses Christian Church classes congregation course Crown 8vo Deaconess Deaconess Institution deux devotion Dieu district nurses doivent duty ecclesiastical Edition elles employed être Extra fcap fait Fcap feeling feront give heures hospitals important Infirmary inquiry Kaiserswerth kind l'Administration la Supérieure Lady Superintendent Liverpool living maison malades means ment moral nature necessary object ordre organization Paris particulièrement patients pauvres POEMS poor pourront Préfet probationers profession Protestant sisterhoods qu'elles qu'il qu'on question receive regard règles religion religious associations religious orders religious sisterhoods respect rich Roman Catholic Church rule s'il secours secular institutions sera sick sisterhoods Sisters of Charity society sœur servante spiritual authority Supérieure Superior teaching Tertiarians Theodor Fliedner Third Order tion tout undertake Vincent de Paule visiting woman women
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